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ROBERT V. V. SUTl-IERLAND, OF BERRYTON, KANSAS.

MOP-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,649, dated January7, 1896.

Application led .Tuly 8, 1895. Serial No. 555,195. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT V. V. SUTH- ERLAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Berryton, in the county of Shawnee and State ofKansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mop-Heads, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mop-heads.

The objects of my improvements are to provide in a mop-head aconstruction that may be cheaply formed and easily put together, aslightly-yielding clamping device, and means whereby the marring offurniture and the base-boards of a room, by the mop-head, may beavoided.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l represents a side elevation. Fig. 2 represents a plan at a,Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a section at b, Fig. l. 4

My mop-head is constructed, preferably, of malleable-iron castings.

In the drawings, 2 indicates the main frame, having a socket 3 for thereception of a handle, and a pair of short parallel arms 4 4. Secured tothe lower ends of arms 4 4 is a flat bar 5 provided near each end withmortises adapted to receive the ends of arms 4, and provided also, onits upper surface, with projecting points or teeth 6 for engaging themop. Bar 5 forms a fixed jaw for holding the mop, and it is extendedlaterally beyond the arms 4 and turned upward, outside of the arms, toform protecting lugs 7 7, to which are secured on their outer surfaces,by cementing or otherwise, a pair of semispherical knobs 8 8 of rubberor like yielding material. Mounted upon the arms 4, so as to slidevertically thereon, is a flatbar 9 provided on its under surface withrecesses 10 adapted to register with the teeth G on the fixed jaw, andprovided on its upper surface with a pair of parallelribs l1 l1 whichform a guide for the clamping-cam 12. Bar 9 forms a movable j aw,betweenwhich and the fixed jaw the mop is clamped. .I aw 9 is actuated by meansof a lever bent to forman open annular cam l2 and an operating-handle173. Said lever is pivoted at one end to the side of the main frame 2,so as to swing in a vertical plane thereon, and the frame is offset, asat 14, so as to bring the working edge of the cam opposite the center ofthe movable jaw and between the ribs 1l formed thereon.

In operation, the actuating-lever being turned to the position shown indotted lines, Fig. l, the mop is inserted between the jaws 5 and 9 andis clamped in position by throwing the lever downward to the positionindicated by full lines. The cam l2 being of the open form yieldsslightly to the pressure, and therefore holds the mop with a morepersistent grip than if made solid.

In using the mop the knobs 8 effectually protect the arms 4 and the endsof the niovable j aw and prevent the marring of furniture or thebase-board of the room thereby.

I claim as my invention- In a mop-head, the combination of the mainframe having a socket adapted to receive a handle and having a pair ofparallel arms forming guides for amovable jaw, the movable jaw mountedon said arms, the fixed jaw secured to the ends of said arms andprojecting laterally beyond them, the protecting lugs formed on saidjaw,the knobs of yielding material secured to the outer faces of said lugs,and the actuating-lever bent to form an open annular cam which ispivoted at one end to the main-frame and arranged to engage the movablejaw, all substantially as set forth.

ROBERT V. V. SUTHERLAND.

